Land marker



March 11, 1924. mmasw T. P. LONG LAND MARKER Fi 1ed Aug. '2. 1922 FIE-J- 2/ v e no. Patented Mar. 11, 1924.. l I htdtaaetw THOMAS PATRICK LONG, F Iii-LEMON, ILLINOI$.

LAND MARKER.

Application filed August 7, 1922. Serial No. 580,164.

To all whom it may concern: tube without changing it in any way or Be it known that I, THoMAs P. Lone, a drilling holes in it. citizen of the United States, residing at When a tube 6 is added to a planting ma- 50 Harmon, in the county of Lee and State of chine, any other form of fastening device, Illinois, have invented certain new and usesuch as a pin or set-screw can be used inful Improvements in Land Markers, of stead of a wedge. which the following is a specification. A second tube 18 is secured crosswise of This invention relates to markers used for the carriage at its front end, and a rod 19 55 marking land in connection with planting is inserted in this tube and has radially corn and other crops which are grown in projecting arms at its ends provided with rows spaced at predetermined distances guide eyes 21. The rod 19 is secured by apart; and it consists in the novel construcwedges 22, or other approved fastening detion and combination of the parts hereinvices, and it can be turned on its axis in the 6 after fully described and claimed. tube to adjust the positions of the guide 15 In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view eyes. A cord 24 is passed through the guide of a land marker constructed according to eyes 21, and its ends are secured to the free this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View of end portions of the arms 10. The cord has the same. Fig. 3 is a rear end View parstops on its end portions which engage tially in section. with the eyes 21, and the markers are used 20 A truck or carriage 5 is provided. It is alternately, one marker being raised and preferably a wheeled carriage adapted to be suppor ed by the cord, as shown, when the drawn along, and it may be the carriage of other marker is at work. any approved form of seed planting ma- The arms 20 are adjusted so as to comchine. pensate for the adjustments of the stub 25 A tube 6 is secured crosswise of the carshafts, and they enable the same cord 24 to riage at its rear end, and 7 are stub shafts be used without changing its length. The inserted in the end portions of the tube 6 arms 20 are also adjusted to suit the workand slidable longitudinally. The stub shafts ing parts of existing planting machines, so 7 have eyes 8 at their outer ends, and they that the cord will work without obstruction. are preferably secured in the tube by wedges What I claim is: 9 after they have been adjusted longitudi- In a land marker, a carriage, a rear tube nally. secured to the carriage, longitudinally and Arms 10 are pivoted-by eyes 12 to the circumferentially adjustable stub shafts eyes 8 of the stub shafts, and the stub shafts mounted in the rear tube and having downpreferably have cranked end portions 14, wardly projecting arms at their ends, so that the height of the arms 10 above the marker arms pivoted to the said arms, a ground can be regulated. The tube 6 may front tube also secured to the carriage, a be a portion of the mechanism of the plantrod circumferentially adjustable in the front 5 ing machine. when a tube 6 is specially tube and provided with upwardly project- 40 provided it may be necessary to secure it to ing arms at its ends having guide eyes at the carriages of existing planting machines their ends, and a flexible connection slidable at various heights above the grounc. The in the said guide eyes and having its ends arms 10 have downwardly projecting marksecured to the marker arms. on ing points or blades 15 at their free ends. In testimony whereof I have affixed my 45 When the tube 6 is a part of an existing signature.

planting machine the use of wedges 9 enables the stub shafts to be secured in the THOMAS PATRICK LONG. 

